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Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer A
Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer A
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
9 Eucharistic Prayer A Eucharistic Prayer A, although now one of the eight prayers in Common Worship Order One, was in earlier versions the only alternative to a prayer derived from the 1662 rite. In its first version as the Eucharistic Prayer in ‘Series 2’, it drew considerably
The Living God - Humanity as the bearer of the image of God
The Living God - Humanity as the bearer of the image of God
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Creator of heaven and earth 4 Humanity as the bearer of the image of God At least three ways of thinking about our identity, role and place in the greater scheme of things are opened up when we consider that we bear ‘the image of God’...
Journeying With Mark Year B - Epiphany
Journeying With Mark Year B - Epiphany
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
3 Epiphany Exploring the text In the season of Epiphany we celebrate the revelation of God in the world, and in particular his revelation to the Magi in Matthew’s Gospel. Yet again this idea seems to run counter to Mark’s Gospel, which appears on the surface to be more concerned
The Living God - A Personal God
The Living God - A Personal God
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
A personal God: love and faithfulness 2 A personal God All of us like to complain about our employers. I met up with someone I had known back in the days when I was a research student in Oxford. Over a cup of tea I asked him how he was getting on at the college where he now worke
the historical character of Jesus - 3d Indirect references
the historical character of Jesus - 3d Indirect references
by SPCK - David Allen
Indirect references Beyond the direct citation of Jesus material, which does still remain somewhat limited, there are a number of other places in which Paul may be drawing on and reflecting Jesus tradition. These allusions to, or echoes of, Jesus’ teaching are more subjective, an
the historical character of Jesus - 3e Paul’s story of Jesus
the historical character of Jesus - 3e Paul’s story of Jesus
by SPCK - David Allen
Paul’s story of Jesus We are faced, then, with two points of apparent tension. On the one hand, Jesus seems to be a highly significant figure for Paul, or at least significant enough for him to assume portions of Jesus’ teaching and tradition within his own epistolary discourse…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Construction of a Shared Story
The Women's Bible Commentary - Construction of a Shared Story
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Construction of a Shared Story The first of the Moses speeches, Deuteronomy 1:1–4:43, consists of two sections: a “historical review” (Deut. 1–3) and a sermonic interpretation of the commandment against idolatry…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Religiously Inclusive Practice as Evilness?
The Women's Bible Commentary - Religiously Inclusive Practice as Evilness?
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Religiously Inclusive Practice as Evilness? Additional Demarcations of Israelite Identity in Canaan The second introduction in the book of Judges, also going back to the time of Joshua, depicts a faithful Israel that worships God exclusively…
Meanderings
Meanderings
by Roger Johnson
Evangelism Bulletin 261 – Meanderings So, the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt under the faltering leadership of Moses. Timidly he confronts Pharoah asking him to release the Israelites from slavery. At the God-ordained moment they make their hasty escape. Miraclulous even
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 19 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 19 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 19 Mark 8: 27-38 Gaze on a group of men and women, looking forward to supper, walking casually along the road towards Caesarea Philippi. What are they talking about – the weather, perhaps or the latest lovesick comrade, or maybe the political scandal of the continued occup
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 6 Year B